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This actually happened last night. I was pouring a beverage into a tall tumbler, and it spilled onto the floor. I uttered these words... out loud: "Oh, and I just cleaned that floor!" #justlikemom
Janet:#TeamMonique, Surprisingly Monstrous, Heather and 2 other people liked this
Also, I was home alone at the time.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
A 58 y.o. male channeling his mother probably isn't a good thing.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
West coast foodies need our own onion-ish plant to go crazy over every spring. End ramp hegemony!
Marie liked this
Waif got chosen to run on the 4X400 team at the Conference Meet tomorrow. Very proud.
Kirsten, rowlikeagirl, Bruce Lewis and 29 other people liked this
Go Waif go!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Woo! \o/
- Jennifer Dittrich
w00t! :)
- Steven Perez
she initially was supposed to be an alternate. not sure if they decided to send another team or if someone dropped out. naturally no one will sleep tonight.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
We'll be cheering for her!
- Anne Bouey
Thanks, everyone. Correction though. She's running the open 400.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Go waif!
- Tamara J.
Ran a PR.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Yay!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Hurrah!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Congrats, Waif!
- Anne Bouey
*applause*
- Anika
Annnnnnd we thought we were done, but now we may be doing Regionals on Friday. Track, the season that never ends
- MoTO #TeamMonique
^ :-)
- Heleninstitches
The 400 is a tough distance! Gotta be a sprinter AND have endurance. Kudos to Waif!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
from Android
It's 98 degrees and I'm wearing two shirts. I blame the Lacheys.
Marie and DJ Stevie Steve liked this
I accepted a full time position at work earlier this week. No more contract work for me (I hope.) It means less money salary-wise but it will be nice having benefits again. Hopefully we'll be able to drop Wifey's health insurance and save some money that way. It's expensive and not all that great to boot. Hooray for stability!
ᏓᏰ #team Monique, Heather Piwowar, Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ and 31 other people liked this
Congrats!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Awesome!
- Jim #TeamMonique
As expected their initial offer was lowball city. I came back with an over the moon counter offer expecting them to come back offering the median rate for the pay scale my job falls under. An old boss told me companies are loath to bring a new hire in for higher than the median. Their initial offer was well below the median. As expected they came back with the median and not wanting to push my luck I accepted. Official start date is the 20th.
- DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
That's great!
- Katy S
The company is expanding like crazy (good looking out Affordable Care Act) so there is lots of opportunity for personal/professional growth within the organization. My boss has big plans for me and the rest of our team. Exciting times.
- DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
Benefits are highly beneficial. (And often worth 20 - 25% of one's salary/hourly income.)
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Congratulations! Good job on not taking the lowball offer, too.
- joey
Taking my first business trip ever. Kind of nervous and excited at the same time. Train boards shortly.
Brent Schaus, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Rodfather and 9 other people liked this
Go Daryl go! What's the purpose of the trip?
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
We're opening a new office in Washington D.C. I was there to help get things off the ground. There's a possibility I may have to go back next week. We'll be opening 20 additional offices by the end of next year so I'm sure this is only the first of many trips.
- DB, Just DB #TeamMonique
Talk about a phone call that brings you to tears (in a good way). My beloved Nenna Olumba ran in the Revlon Walk/Run for Women this morning, and she dedicated her race to me. She just called me as she was crossing the finish line to let me know that she finished, that she loved me, that she dedicated her participation in the run to me and that we...
Kelli H., Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ, Iván Abrego and 11 other people liked this
are going to beat this. I love you Nenna!
- Monique the crochet freak
In some kind of creepy coincidence, I was hired at my part time job one year ago today. I say it's a coincidence since I'm celebrating that anniversary by being promoted to full-time Supervisor. Yay me! A real full time job! :P (Time to update the resume.)
Bruce Lewis, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Jim #TeamMonique and 44 other people liked this
YAY!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Congratulations!
- Anika
Congrats!
- Anne Bouey
Woohoo!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
good for you!!!
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Congratulations!!!!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Congrats!
- Spidra Webster
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
Maybe I should have said "funny" instead of "creepy". Oh well. Thanks everybody. :)
- c.a.j.
Hooray!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Congrats
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Congrats, c.a.j.!!
- Brent Schaus
Congratulations!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Congratulations!
- mina_sydney
congrats!
- imabonehead
It really wouldn't be a creepy coincidence unless it was based on some anniversary like one Mars-year or something. THAT would be creepy. (Plus it would take longer!) If you had to wait one Neptune year (~165 Earth-years) for a performance review, that would really suck.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Sweet!
- Jim #TeamMonique
my Mother's Day gift from my Zoe <3 http://instagram.com/p... http://t.co/eAdIBoCI0P
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Brent Schaus, Pete #TeamMonique, Uwe and 6 other people liked this
Home-made cards are the best!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thanks!!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
NOM. I hope. http://instagram.com/p...
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Laura H., Marie, m9m, Crone of FriendFeed and 6 other people liked this
So they didn't look perfect, but OMG! Light and crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy in the middle. PERFECT!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
recipe?
- Meg V. Meg
375g self-raising flour, 170ml cold lemonade, 170ml thickened cream. Mix the lemonade & cream together, fold into the flour until it's just mixed into a light dough. Roll & cut (preferably with a sharp knife or scone cutter), bake at 225C conventional/205C fan-forced for 12 - 15 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
thanks!
- Meg V. Meg
The good or bad part about the cherry tomato flood that has begun in our garden is that i eat um before i can put them in the dinner.
Rachel Lea Fox, Tamara J., Marie and 2 other people liked this
That's a trickle. When it floods, you won't be able to fit any more in your stomach.
- Spidra Webster
Yeah that's true 12 today but a whole lot on the vines getting ready.
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Friday night means pickling herring.
Andrew C (✓), maʀtha, John (bird whisperer) and 4 other people liked this
Making it?
- Running Slow
Yup. Gotta get it ready for our Eurovision party.
- Zamms
Hmmm. Do you put anything in it, like dill?
- Running Slow
This is the first time I tried it. Lots of dill, plus red onion, carrot, allspice, bay leaf, white pepper, vinegar, super-fine sugar, and water. I got the herring from our local Polish market and it was a bit of luck because they had some salt-brined herring in stock for Orthodox Easter today.
- Zamms
Here's the recipe I'm using: http://www.scandinaviafood.com/inlagd-...
- Zamms
HERRING FAIL. Too salty. Thought I had washed it enough.
- Zamms
Realization just set in: Holy crap, I'm 46 years old. DO NOT WANT.
Starmama, Steve and 4 other people, Sima and 43 other people liked this
Oh, please
- Anne Graham
Beats the alternative!
- Spidra Webster
Hah! You're both right. Just came from my physical -- clean bill of health other than a bit of cholesterol and vision starting to go. So I have a lot to be grateful for. But 50 is only four years off, how did this happen?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
maybe you'll start aging backwards once you reach 50?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Babe in the woods, you are.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
50 is pretty badass. I hope I make it there!
- joey
It is! And me too. But I'd rather be perma-35.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
35 was AWESOME! I'd go back there in a heartbeat.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
I have a sudden urge to get a sports car for some reason. Blondes seem attractive. What does this mean???
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yeah, I'm definitely more scared being this close to 50 but that has a lot more to do with where I personally am in my life than the age of 50 itself. I'm sure other people do really well with it. (I'm permanently about 22 in my head...except slightly wiser and more world weary. You can be permanently 35 in your head!)
- Spidra Webster
I am this many *holds up 5 fingers* on the inside.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
12. Or 666.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
The four year count down until the welcome to 50 colonoscopy!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
Hush now, young'un.
- Jim #TeamMonique
Yes, sir. *shamefaced*
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
In all seriousness, there's a certain feeling of triumph that comes with getting a clean bill of health after a CPE. I had mine today too.
- Jim #TeamMonique
I remember 46...I think.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Craig Ferguson is 51.
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
As am I
- Friar Ticket to Ride
You could be my Dad...
- Mo Kargas
You youngun. Ya know - we have a grownups' table you can join here at 50. Remember, m9m? Also, I didn't even start learning proper HTML/CSS until I was 47, nearly six years ago.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Get back to me in about 15... ;) #olderthandirtwellatleastsomedirst
- WarLord
Damn. We should really all be asleep (except Johnny and Mo).
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Stephan is old enough to be my friend. ;)
- Janet:#TeamMonique
LOL Mary, these are the true hours of aged wisdom, right?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Does this mean I'm not old enough to be your friend Janet?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Apparently. Also, the pills are in the kitchen. ;-) And I've been going to stand up and go there for an hour.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I worked a 13 hour shift and came home to become very angry with other half. Anger does not bode well for sleep. Going to see if I can grab two more hours before I am back at work. Hope you have good pills.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I have GREAT pills. But I respect them, too. They're like big dogs - gotta keep a certain perspective.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Melly, you're old and young enough to be my friend.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sleep fast, Janet!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Didn't you get the memo? 46 is the new 25 :)
- imabonehead
That's pretty old!
- Eivind
Youngster.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Boy please. You're only as old as you feel!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I *feel* 32 today. But somehow that doesn't add up properly when I subtract my birth year from the calendar year. Odd, that.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
For the record. Melly is also old enough to be my friend......and niece!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
And Brad Pitt is 50 and C U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
And Methuselah made it to 969 :)
- Eivind
And he was D E V O U T.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
There should be a Devo, UT.
- Spidra Webster
Adding injury to insult: I just had my first eye exam in 5 years. I need reading glasses. :-\
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I've been putting off my eye exam since I'm pretty sure I'll need them, too. :-/
- Yvonne
Perfume inserts in magazines are the work of Satan.
Harold Cabezas, Great Scott! Snow!, Marie and 14 other people liked this
Agreed.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yes.
- Tinfoil 2.0
they kill me.Sets off my asthma . You can order them without I've heard.
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Maybe, sometimes, depends. Conde Nast Traveler did send an insert-free version...for a while (my wife has asthma). Then they stopped. Now I just go through magazines when they arrive, flipping for thick pages, and rip out any perfume inserts...
- Walt Crawford
Public Service Announcement: Them Mr Clean Magic Erasers really work. They even take blood stains off walls. Color me impressed.
Jeff (Team マクダジ ), Jessie, Victor Ganata and 4 other people liked this
Dexter?
- Spidra Webster
Well there isn't a wall here i didn't put up and it's not home improvement if it doesn't draw blood.
- Surprisingly Monstrous
truth. I'm pretty sure the last time I managed to impress my mother was when I introduced her to the Magic Eraser.
- t-ra: not givin up
Been there done that ... and yep, they work well.
- Shannon - GlassMistress
EITHER WAY I AM OFFICIALLY DONE WITH ALL MY FINALS AHHHHH I CANT EVEN FEELS RIGHT NOW.
Gabrielle, Marie, Jed Harris-Keith and 6 other people liked this
Unless I go back to school, I NEVER HAVE FINALS EVER AGAIN.
- Colette
Congratulations on surviving!
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
Congratulations!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Balasundaram Balasanmugan, AJ Batac, Halil and 9 other people liked this
He fell asleep mid-play. http://instagram.com/p...
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Kelli H., Marie, Mark H and 5 other people liked this
Cute!
- Katy S
Mary Carmen, Mo Kargas, Lola Bean (Penguin) and 3 other people liked this
My Toastmasters speech today was successful. I didn't have an ending, and they called me on it, but they liked everything else. Yay!
Jaclyn aka spamgirl, Anne Bouey, Marie and Pete #TeamMonique liked this
It's pretty surreal to see "TEDx Audition" on my appointment list for this afternoon.
Julian, MoTO #TeamMonique, Steven Perez and 31 other people liked this
break a leg! uh, not literally of course.
- RepoRat
Before his recent performance in the fifth-grade version of The Tempest, I told Luke, "break a leg." Before slamming the door he yelled back "I hope you snap your neck!" Really got in the spirit of the superstition there.
- Steele Lawman
Heading over to the audition!
- lris
How did it go?
- Yo. Shark Dog.
I think it went well. It was fun :) I got to totally geek out at someone and have that be what was expected. :)
- lris
SURREAL
- lris
I want to like this all over again. :D :D :D
- Catherine Pellegrino
Student worker's response on hearing what we did: "Oh, that's so CUTE!"
- lris
Lurve this! Hope you get to the next step!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sweet Chile-Chicken Rice Bowl Recipe - CHOW - http://www.chow.com/recipes...
mhmazidi, Marie, Eric - seven eleven and 4 other people liked this
I think this is nearly the Chego recipe. Also seen in Adam Robert's book "Secrets of the Best Chefs", where it's called "Stir-Fried Chicken Henhouse Bowl". (At Chego, there was also "sour cream sambal", which doesn't show up here.)
- Andrew C (✓)
from Bookmarklet
It won't be as good as freshly fried shallots, but you can buy jars of fried shallots from markets that serve SE Asian foods, and that'll cut a bunch of time down.
- Andrew C (✓)
Also, there are a ton of ingredients up top to form the chili sauce, but it makes 4-6 cups of sauce, and you need 1/4 cup (or so) per serving. Roberts writes in the book that the key ingredients for the sauce are the Mae Ploy chili sauce, the citrus, herbs, onion, ginger, and garlic... so about half the ingredients. The rest - sriracha, red pepper powder, chiles, sesame paste, chili paste, pepper, scallions (?) - are optional.
- Andrew C (✓)
OK, made the sauce today. It tastes really good. I'd definitely say the six ingredients Roberts singles out are the key ones.
- Andrew C (✓)
It's finally spring here, complete with 80-degree weather and sunshine.
Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Steven Perez, Brent Schaus and 24 other people liked this
And don't you look the part, sunshine!
- Steele Lawman
Didn't you have a blizzard last week?
- Zamms
Zamms. Yes. A week ago today.
- lris
Nice. So... is it going to rain frogs this weekend?
- Zamms
*looks warily toward the nature preserve*
- lris
Hi Iris! What a lovely smile.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Your hair got long! (I don't know why I noticed that first. You look lovely!)
- Laura H.
Banana. Hammock.
Laura Norvig, Steven Perez, Yo. Shark Dog. and 9 other people liked this
not veiny enough.
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
Joe.
- Surprisingly Monstrous
too much?
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
w00t...
Brent Schaus, Anne Bouey, Tinfoil 2.0 and 20 other people liked this
Huh, but it won't include the link. How strange.
- Meg V. Meg
Dang.
- Stephen le Francoeur
I got the link but no map. Can't win 'em all.
- Stephen le Francoeur
Is Delaware the only place you've not been? Please tell me Delaware is the only place you've not been,
- Zamms
I have been to all the places. ALL THE PLACES.
- Meg V. Meg
amazing!!
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Yay, you!
- Kirsten
I would say go, meg, go! but you obviously already have!
- holly #ravingfangirl
That's a lot of interstate travel!
- Walt Crawford
CANADA NEXT
- jambina
Yes, we have been trying to think about what's next. Canada is on the shortlist.
- Meg V. Meg
Wayne says "Hi, I'm in Delaware." http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Yo. Shark Dog.
apropos of nothing, but that site uses too many colors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Though it does make the US look like Skittles and Skittles are delicious.
- Mark Trapp
Isn't there some math proof about the minimum number of colors needed in a map to guarantee that no two adjacent regions will have the same color?
- Stephen le Francoeur
Four Color Therom? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- kendrak
I can't be certain, because I don't remember the exact colors and states, but I get the sense that the online map is trying to mimic a particular kind of color-in-the-states map that people used to (still do?) stick to the side of their RV/camper thing and fill in as they drive around. We saw a LOT of these on our epic cross-country road trip in the early 80s. EDIT: ah ha! http://www.signsoflife.net/rv-trav...
- Catherine Pellegrino
Kendra, yep, that's it.
- Stephen le Francoeur
States I have actually stopped in to at least eat a meal, but not counting airport layovers. I swear I didn't go around Kansas on purpose.
Anne Bouey, Friar Ticket to Ride, Marie and 8 other people liked this
At least, the wild west is covered.
Spidra Webster, mina_sydney, Brent Schaus and 15 other people liked this
The owner of the pizza place just delivered my pizza. So he could say hi and congrats.
VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS, Kirsten, Pete #TeamMonique and 24 other people liked this
That is awesome!
- Katy S
I may be slightly mortified and embarrassed.
- Mary Carmen
That's really nice.
- Anne Graham
That is really sweet. :)
- Laura H.
^ that's what I was thinking :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
I wonder if he has an advertisement theme in his future?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Me: I am so certain there is some crucial thing that I've forgotten to do.
Kirsten, Steele Lawman and Marie liked this
Akiva, LB: #TeamMonique, imabonehead and 15 other people liked this
happy bday!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Happy birthday youngun
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Happy bday!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Thank you!
- Nathan Chase
Happy Birthday!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Happy Birthday!
- AJ Batac
Happy Birthday!
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
happy bday!
- imabonehead
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